ANdreW DAVIES
Andrew Davies is studying the BA Hons in Lens Based Media to become a Camera-op/DoP
"I have always had a passion for film and camera work, I came into this course completely clueless to film and now I feel confident enough to work independently on sets."
Andrew was previously a qualified electrician before he wanted to change his whole career path and pursue something he loved and enjoyed. He has already worked on many set in his first year and gained a lot of experience.
"I have worked on a lot of sets outside of my course with other year groups and I have learnt so much about film sets and how they should be run."
He has also had work outside of the course and university with private clients using the skills he has learnt in the past years on the course.
He wants to continue camera operating and working on his DoP work to captivate audiences with creative new shots and styles.
Skills review
Over the last year I have gained a keen interest in cinematography and camera operating, I feel my past experiences in photography have made this possible. I started ti work with cameras as soon as I started the course this then led to my first ever role on set being a camera assistant, this consisted of helping collecting camera gear for the main operator. I found that this was a great first insight into film as I got a good look into how a student set is ran the different roles and how they are done. I made a mental note of everything for my next work, I then looked at how the next set I worked on was ran and how it was different. From then until now I have improved my skills with cameras and the workings of a set, I have also looked into cinematography and aim hoping to pursue that in the near future working with lighting techniques and also trying to find different and new ways to shoot.
Professional Development Plan
When I first started the film course I immediately wanted to make a brand for myself, I felt this would be the strongest was to become recognised in the future if I ever started to make professional work. I started with a very basic name and have stuck to it so far ‘Andrew Davies Media’. This has worked for me as I have developed a logo, website, Instagram and business cards under this name with flexibility to change at any point. I am looking to start working professionally in making commercial work to start, I.e Facebook advertisement videos and training videos and moving onto other camera or cinematography work in the future such as films. At this moment in time I am in talks with a friend of mine Ryan Gilson about him working with me on client projects, his main focus will be working with the clients on getting the shoots arranged and also paperwork and the producing of the videos. If this goes well I feel I will have a larger outreach and more confidence to approach larger companies for work. I have messages local business in the area about working on some promotional videos and I have has some positive responses so far with one booked in and two more for meetings, hopefully this will help me build a professional commercial showreel that will again help me with bigger projects in the future.
Films and Projects
Showreel
Other work
